Machine for cleaning casks or barrels



(No Model.)

fw. o. TAYLOR. MACHINE POR CLEANING GASKS ORBARRELS. No. 334,488. Patented Jan. 19, 1886.

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wlLLIAM o. TAY-Lon, on CAMBRIDGE, MASSAcHUsETTS.

MACHINE FOR CLEANING CASKS OR BARRELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,488, dated January 19, 1886.

Application led March 23, 18H5. Serial No. 159,807. (No model.)

.To all whom it mary concern:

Beit known that I, WILLIAM O. TAYLOR, of Cambridge, county of MiddleseX,and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvementin Machines for Cleaning Casks and` Barrels, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object the production of a machine by which to cleanse, scrape, wash, or purify barrels.

My invention is herein embodied in a machine to scrape, brush,and, if desired, wash or steam the interior of a barrel and its head.

My machine contains a shaft or spindle having arms to support brush-backs Provided, preferably, with thin strips of sheet metal or wire, devised as metallic substitutes for bristles, the said backs being externally substantially ofthe shape of the interior ofan ordinary barrel,and preferably the said spindle at its end carries a disk-brush having metallic bristles at its outer flat side, thus making a brush of sub# stantially barrel shape. The barrel to be cleansed is placed over the brush, in which position it is supported by feeding-rollers on two rotating-shafts deriving their movement preferably through gearing in connection with the spindle, and the barrel is rotated about the brush while the latter is rotated in the barrel. The barrel Surrounds the brush, which latter is preferably set at an inclination. The brushspindle is shown as made hollow, for the passage through it of steam or of water by which to scald or wash the barrel, if desired.

The features of novelty will rst be described, and then particularly claimed.'

Figure l is an elevation partially broken out, of a cask or barrel cleaning machine einbodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a section of Fig. l in the dotted line x x, looking toward the left, and Fig. 3 a detail in perspective of one of the metal bristles.

The base plate, Apreferably of metal and made very strong, has uprights A A2 A3 A, which constitute partsof the bearings for the spindle B, herein shown as made hollow. The spindle has fast on it' a collar, B, which, by its contact with the bearing Aa serves to support part of the weight of the spindle, which latter is placed in an inclined position, as shown. The spindle has a pulley, B2, attached t0 it, to which may be applied the power used to rotate the spindle at the desired speed. rlhe spindle B has arms b, which receive on thempand support the backs b', which hold the brush material b2, composed, preferably,

of pieces of Spring metal, one of the said pieces beingshown separately in Fig. 3. The vuppermost arms b ofthe spindle serve also to support a disk, c, provided at its outer side with brush material c', preferably of metal.

The spindle B has fast on it a pinion, d, that engages a toothed wheel, d', having fast t0 it at eachside pinions d2 d3, all on a iiXed stud, d2, supported by the upright A2. The stud d* receives and forms a pivotal support for the two bearing-sleeves e2 f2, receiving, respectively, the feeding-shafts e' f', provided each with Afeedwheels g g, such as shown only on the shaft f. The pinions d2 d3 engage the toothed gears ef,fast on the shafts e f', referred to, and rotate the said shafts, so that the feed-wheels g thereon will act against the periphery of a cask or barrel placed over or about the barrel-shaped or cylindrical brush and between it and the said feed-rollers, the latter sustaining the barrel forcing its interior against the under side of the rotating brush, and at the same time the feed-rollers rotate the barrel positively, while the brush is rotated within the rotating barrel.

To enable the barrel or cask to be easily introduced between the brush and feedrollers, the bearing-sleeves e2f2 arejoined by links 3 4 with an ear or projection of a lever or treadle, h, having as its fulcrum the pin h', placed in the slots h2 of the ear h3, attached to the base A. The end of the pin or bolt 5, connecting the lower ends of the links 3 4 with the treadle, enters a slot, 6, in the upright A2,*so that the circula'r movement of the shafts ef and gears ef will be uniform. To enable the end of the pin or bolt 5 to remain in the slot, the fulcrum-pin h is free t0 slide in the slot h2. rIhe sprngsm m act to normally keep the lever h elevated, as in Fig. 1, and retain the feed-rollers g g against the outside of the'barrel or cask.

Fl'our and other barrels, to put them in the IOO best condition, should be scraped out, and frequently it is desired to dress or cut away7 the inner faces of the stavcs. To accomplish this, I employ narrow thin metallic blades or Wires, which, by the rapid rotation of the spindle, act to scrape the interior o1' the barrel or cask closely, removing all its inner coating, and, if desired, a part of the substance of the wood itself, leaving the interior of they barrel very smooth. The metal employed for the brush part is preferably of the metal steel, and made still", yet ilexible to a certain degree.

It is frequently desired to wash or scald the interior of some casks or barrels. To do this the spindle is made hollow, as shown, and at its lower end has connected with it a sleeve, n, having,r a seat for the valve n', herein shown as a tapering plug having a long stem, n2, provided at its outer end with a head, n, under which is a spring, n, which normally acts to keep the valve in its seat to close the opening leading into the said spindle. When a barrel is placed over the brush, the inner side of the head ot the former acts againstthe head n? and causes the valve to be removed from its seat, permitting either steam or water, or both, to enter the spindle and be discharged through suitable outlets, S, steam or water being,` so introduced into the barrel, according to whether the pipe o is connected with a boiler or other source for the supply of steam or water, or both. The sleeve n receives a union, 1st, which is screwed therein. The union is screwthreaded at both ends. The end of the union most remote from the sleeve receives in it a packing, 12, after which the pipe o Ais insei-ted in the union with its collar 10 against the said packing, and the bushing 13 is then placed in the union, and the runner 15 is then screwed upon the union, a packing, 16, being placed Within the runner to come against the bushing 13.

The pipe o will in practice be supplied with a suitable valve or cock by which to shut ofi" from it the steam or water.

1. The hollow spindle B, and means, substantially as described, to rotate it, the arms b, radiating from said spindle, and provided with hrush-backs b', having metallic bristles bl secured thereto, and the end disk, c, provided with metallic bristles c', combined with the barrel-supporting shafts and their rollers and connecting driving-gearing and pivoted bearings,.substantially as shown and described.

2. The rotating spindle, its attached brush, and the gear and the shafts, the pivoted bearings therefor, and the feed-rollers, combined with toothed wheels, to operate substantially as described.

3. The rotating spindle, its attached brush, and the gear and the shafts, the pivoted bearings therefor, and the feedlrollers, combined with toothed Wheels, and with a treadle or le ver to raise and lower the said shafts :['or the introduction of a barrel or cask between the brush and rolls, to operate substantially as described.

In testimony whereof l have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

VILLIAM O. TAYLOR.

fitnessesz G. W. GREGORY, B. J. Noires. 

